AUTOMATIC EVALUATION OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY-ESTIMATED BLADDER WEIGHT AND BLADDER WALL THICKNESS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING MEN WITH PRESUMABLY NORMAL BLADDER FUNCTION

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (7) ◽  
pp. 1049-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Oelke
Keyword(s):  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Bladder Wall ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Bladder Function ◽  
Automatic Evaluation ◽  
Bladder Wall Thickness ◽  
Normal Bladder ◽  
Bladder Weight

scholarly journals Sonographic Reference Values for Bladder Wall Thickness, Detrusor Wall Thickness, and Bladder Weight in Apparently Healthy Adults in a Nigerian Population

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Anthony Chukwuka Ugwu ◽  
Beatrice Ukamaka Maduka ◽  
Emeka Chukwumuanya Umeh ◽  
Julius Amechi Agbo ◽  
Bestman Izuchukwu Oriaku
Keyword(s):  
Reference Values ◽  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Bladder Wall ◽  
Healthy Adults ◽  
Bladder Wall Thickness ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Bladder Weight ◽  
Nigerian Population ◽  
Detrusor Wall Thickness ◽  
Apparently Healthy

The aim was to establish reference values of bladder wall thickness (BWT), detrusor wall thickness (DWT), and bladder weight (BW) in apparently healthy adults in a Nigerian population. Therefore, a cross-sectional study of healthy adult participants was conducted from May 2015 to April 2016. The urinary bladder was sonographically evaluated on a convenient sample of 384 adult participants. The BWT, DWT, and BW of the participants were measured and documented. The BW was estimated based on the surface area, thickness, and bladder muscle specific gravity. The mean BWT, DWT, and BW were 2.8 ± 0.3 mm, 1.3 ± 0.1 mm, and 23.3 ± 4.1 g, respectively. There was no statistically significant correlation between anthropometric variables with BWT, DWT, and BW except age, which had a weak positive correlation with BWT ( P = .05). This data set could be used for future research, in other parts of the country, for a possible nationwide nomogram.

MEASURES OF BLADDER WALL THICKNESS, SURFACE AREA, AND ESTIMATED BLADDER WEIGHT IN A POPULATION-BASED GROUP OF MEN

2008 ◽  
Vol 179 (4S) ◽  
pp. 525-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L St Sauver ◽  
Debra J Jacobson ◽  
Andrew D Rule ◽  
Michaela E McGree ◽  
Michael M Lieber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Area ◽  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Bladder Wall ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Bladder Wall Thickness ◽  
Bladder Weight

scholarly journals Ultrasound estimated bladder weight in the detection and post-operative follow-up of bladder outflow obstruction

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman ◽  
Mohammad Khairuzzaman ◽  
Mohammad Saiful Islam ◽  
Muhammad Humayun Kabir ◽  
Faika Farah Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Bladder Wall ◽  
Surgical Correction ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Outflow Obstruction ◽  
Bladder Wall Thickness ◽  
Bladder Outflow Obstruction ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Bladder Weight

<p class="Abstract">This study was performed to standardize the ultrasound estimated bladder weight as an additional non-invasive test for the measurement of the bladder outflow obstruction and to measure the therapeutic effects of bladder outflow obstruction in the follow-up after surgical correction of obstruction. This study was conducted from December 2012 to May 2014 where the sample size was 55 and sampling technique was purposive. In bladder outflow obstruction patient, transabdominal sonography was performed using a 7.5 MHz. probe. The anterior bladder wall thickness was measured in three points in the midline 1 cm apart and the average value was recorded. After that bladder volume was measured by ultrasonogram. In pre- and post-operative groups ultrasound estimated bladder weight was measured from bladder wall thickness and bladder volume. In this study, the mean ± SD of age was 48.8 ± 15.0 years. In bladder outflow obstruction patient, the pre-operative ultrasound estimated bladder weight was 117 ± 45.1 g which was reduced to 53.9 ± 10.8 g three months after surgical correction of obstruction. The ultrasound estimated bladder weight is a non-invasive, cheap and easily available additional diagnostic tool for detecting bladder outflow obstruction as well as it can measure the therapeutic effects in post-operative period.</p>

scholarly journals Effect of Electroacupuncture on Bladder Dysfunction via Regulation of MLC and MLCK Phosphorylation in a Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Xuke Han ◽  
Yang Gao ◽  
Xuan Yin ◽  
Shengju Wang ◽  
Xiaoran Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Myosin Light Chain ◽  
Bladder Dysfunction ◽  
Bladder Wall ◽  
Serum Glucose ◽  
Diabetic Rats ◽  
Bladder Mucosa ◽  
Bladder Wall Thickness ◽  
Bladder Weight ◽  
Bladder Detrusor

Previous studies observed have reported that electroacupuncture (EA) is effective in relieving diabetic bladder dysfunction (DBD); however, little is known about the mechanism. Therefore, we explored the effects and mechanisms of EA on DBD in streptozotocin–high-fat diet- (STZ–HFD-) induced diabetic rats. The Sprague-Dawley male rats were divided randomly into four groups: normal group, diabetes mellitus group (DM group), DM with EA treatment group (EA group), and DM with sham EA treatment group (sham EA group). After 8 weeks of EA treatment, the body weight, serum glucose, bladder weight, and cystometrogram were evaluated. The bladder wall thickness was examined by abdominal ultrasound imaging. After the transabdominal ultrasound measurements, hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining was used to observe the bladder mucosa layer. The bladder detrusor smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and fibroblasts were observed under transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The phospho-myosin light chain (p-MLC), phospho-myosin light chain kinase (p-MLCK), and phospho-myosin phosphatase target subunit 1 (p-MYPT1) levels in the bladder were examined using Western blot. The bladder weight, serum glucose, bladder wall thickness, volume threshold for micturition, and postvoid residual (PVR) volume in the diabetic rats were significantly higher than those in the control animals. EA treatment significantly reduced the bladder weight, bladder wall thickness, volume threshold for micturition, and PVR volume in diabetic rats. EA caused a significant increase in the MLC dephosphorylation and MLCK phosphorylation levels in the group compared to the sham EA and model groups. EA reduced the infiltration of inflammatory cells in the bladder mucosa layer of diabetic rats. In addition, EA repaired the damaged bladder detrusor muscle of diabetic rats by reducing mitochondrial damage of the SMCs and fibroblasts. Therefore, EA could reduce the bladder hypertrophy to ameliorate DBD by reversing the impairment in the mucosa layer and detrusor SMCs, which might be mainly mediated by the regulation of p-MLC and p-MLCK levels.

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